Attractions of Zvenyhorodka district

The Holy Ascension Church in Matusiv is a majestic charm in the style of classicism. The construction of the temple began in 1812 immediately after Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and the construction was completed in 1818.

The Ascension Church was built at the expense of a well-known patron, local landowner, Major General of the Russian Army Oleksiy Orlov, a hero of the Franco-Russian War. It is assumed that the author of the project could be the famous Kyiv architect Andriy Melenskyi, who was a friend of the Orlov family. In the lower part of the drum of the central dome there is an inscription that the temple was built in honor of the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812. The painting of the 1900s has been preserved.

Near the church is a grave monument to an unknown lieutenant of the Russian army, who died in 1915 during battles with German troops in the First World War.

The Holy Ascension wooden church in Vodianyky is the closest copy of the 17th century Cossack church, which was built with the help of Oleksandr Cherevko, a native of the village.

The carved iconostasis, made in the Ukrainian Baroque style, has no gilding at all, which also corresponds to the canons of that time. The simplicity of the decoration is complemented by ancient icons written on boards. The bell tower is also built of wood.

The Church of the Ascension belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

There are three windmills on the hill behind the temple. Nearby is the "Vodianyky Kish" children's camp, designed in the style of a Cossack outpost.

The Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Zvenyhorodka was built in 1820, but in 1936 it was destroyed by the Bolsheviks. A nearby street was paved with broken bricks from the cathedral.

In 1992, the restoration of the Transfiguration Cathedral began, which lasted six years. The project of the cathedral was developed by the architect Volodymyr Necharov according to old drawings and photographs. The new temple became an exact copy of the destroyed one.

The wooden church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin was built in Vereshchaky in 1775.

It belonged to the 7th class of the state classification and had 46 hectares of land.

As a result of the Soviet anti-religious campaign in 1961, the Intercession Church was closed.

It was reopened for church services in the early 1990s.

The stone Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin with a bell tower was built in 1829 by Major General Oleksiy Orlov, who then owned the village of Burty.

Thanks to the native of the village, the outstanding musician and actor Vasyl Vasylko-Milyayev, the church had a good church choir.

The rich church library was looted, the bell tower was destroyed, and the church itself was closed during the infamous anti-religious campaign of the Bolsheviks.

Already after Ukraine gained independence, the Intercession Church was restored and overhauled.

The Literary Memorial Museum of the outstanding Ukrainian writer Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky was opened in Steblev in the house where he was born in 1838.

He lived here from 1851 to 1909.

The exposition tells about the life and creative activity of a classic of Ukrainian literature, who was treated with great caution both during the times of Tsarist Russia and during the Soviet regime. The writer's office has been recreated, and his personal belongings have been collected.

Next to the museum, behind the house of culture, on Spasa Hill are the graves of Nechuy-Levytsky's grandfather and father.

A monument to the work of sculptor Halyna Kalchenko has been installed near the museum, and nearby is a sculpture of "Nymydora" (the heroine of the story "Mykola Dzherya").

The wooden church of Saint John Chrysostom was built in Nadtochaivka in 1773 on the site of the old Cossack temple founded in the 17th century.

In 1912, the church was reconstructed, but soon Soviet atheists stripped it of its domes and demolished the bell tower. The premises were used as a warehouse and a club.

Now the Church of John the Chrysostom is functioning again.

The wooden church of Staint John the Theologian was built in Sukha Kalyhirka at the end of the 19th century on the site of the old church founded in 1734.

The temple was built of oak timbers according to a typical synodal project common at that time in the territory of the Kyiv diocese.

The restoration was carried out in 1995.

The Church of Saint John the Theologian in Stebne is a large wooden church built in 1885 with one dome and an attached bell tower.

The cruciform church was built in the Cossack style.

During the Soviet period, the church of Saint John the Theologian in Stebny was the only active one in the entire district.

The memorial museum of Kyrylo Stetsenko was created in 1959 in the composer's native village in the Korsun region.

Kyrylo Stetsenko was born in the village of Kvitky in 1882.

The museum is located in the restored building of the Zemstvo school, where Stetsenko studied. About 400 exhibits tell about his life and creative activity. Despite a rather short creative life, Kyrylo Stetsenko managed to create a number of outstanding works, including patriotic and spiritual works.

Since 1994, the museum has been a branch of the Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Historical and Cultural Reserve.

A monument to Kyrylo Stetsenko was erected near the museum.

The local lore museum of the village of Zalizniachka was opened in 2024 in the premises of the Zalizniachka village library, a branch of the Yerky public central library.

The exposition presents a model of a traditional stove with all the necessary remains, ceramic pots, mugs and bowls, ancient items of folk use, pots and tubs, embroidered shirts, towels and pillows, paintings by folk artists. All these things are collected for the indifferent inhabitants of the village.

The Lysianka Historical Museum was created in 1967, and in 1992 it was granted state status.

The exposition, which is spread over 5 halls, tells about all periods of the history of the Lysianka region. In the first hall, archeology, prehistory, Trypillya culture, princely era, Cossacks are presented.

In the following halls, you can familiarize yourself with the events of the 18th-20th centuries, collectivization and the Holodomor, the Second World War and modern times.

Ethnographic collection, numismatics, products of local craftsmen, valuable historical collections are presented.

Maryanivka Manor was founded in 1880-1885 by a landlady named Maryana, who owned these lands at that time.

A 40-hectare park was laid out at the manor. Seedlings and tree seeds were imported from Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, as well as from North America (Canadian and silver linden and Canadian pine, which have survived to our time).

The main manor house was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the landowner Kozakovsky, who married Maryana's daughter. Other manor buildings are in a dilapidated state.

The historical-ethnographic museum complex in Boiarka was started in 2005 by the Suprun family of famous Ukrainian politicians. In 2006, the complex was included in the "Golden Horseshoe of Cherkasy Region" program due to the large number of archaeological monuments of different periods.

The complex is located on the territory of the village of Boiarka , which since 1967 has included the village of Poradivka.

The complex consists of the church of Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sofiya, a bell tower, a museum in an ethnographic style and a park with a cascade of ponds, islands, gazebos, etc. Currently, the museum is closed.

The large and magnificent three-seated Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Zhurzhyntsi was built in 1832 at the expense of the court adviser Vasyl Protopopov, who owned large land plots here, and his palace and park were located in the village itself.

During Soviet times, the palace was destroyed, and the temple was turned into a warehouse, which saved it.

In the 1990s, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was returned to the parishioners, and in the 2000s, its restoration was carried out.

The temple is made in the style of classicism, the bell tower is crowned with a high spire.